Get out and vote Scot Lib Dem on the peach regional ballot

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today urged voters to get out and vote Scot Lib Dem on the peach regional ballot if you want change with fairness at its heart.

Over the past six weeks the party’s campaign has focused on four key themes that voters have told Scottish Liberal Democrats that they care about the most:

• Delivering first-rate health care by embedding 900 new multidisciplinary patient-facing staff like nurses, physios and mental health professionals in GP practices and investing £400m extra into care in order to fix the NHS.
• Helping you with the cost of living by cutting fuel duty, increasing support for unpaid carers by £400 a year, insulating cold homes with an emergency £100m national insulation programme and using Scottish renewable energy to drive down household bills.
• Getting Scotland moving again - by driving progress on major projects such as dualling the A9 and tunnels for Shetland, launching a new Dangerous Roads Programme, passing a Ferries Bill that will end the SNP’s ferries fiasco for good and making £12m available immediately to compensate islanders and coastal communities.
• Getting Scottish education back to its best by hiring 2,000 more pupil support assistants and banning phones from schools.

The party is looking to gain key constituencies like Strathkelvin & Bearsden, Inverness & Nairn and Argyll & Bute from the SNP, as well as list seats in regions like the North East, Mid Scotland & Fife and the South of Scotland.

Alex Cole-Hamilton said:

“I have loved this election campaign. There is nothing that gets me more energised than getting out round our amazing country and speaking to voters about how Scottish Liberal Democrats can make their lives better.

“Scotland has so much going for it, but right now, it feels like our country simply isn’t working.

“People are tired and frustrated. They’re right to be. Household bills are soaring. There are long waits to see your GP. The SNP’s ferries fiasco is a national embarrassment and Scottish education just isn’t what it used to be.

“We know you feel let down by the other parties. We think Scotland deserves better than this. But it needs to be change with fairness at its heart.

“Scottish Liberal Democrats have set out a realistic plan to get things done, like delivering first-rate health care so you can see your GP, dentist or mental health professional when you need them and helping you with the cost of living.

“At the eleventh hour, I want to address voters directly.

“Let me be straight with you. You have two votes. In many constituencies we are on the verge of winning against the SNP but wherever you are, every vote for the Scottish Liberal Democrats on the second peach ballot will deliver change with fairness at its heart.

“Scotland deserves better. And with the Scottish Liberal Democrats, you can vote for it.”